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Don’t Look Back
on Aug 6, 2007 in Review Crime Fiction Books Relentless Opinion Who did it?Why did they do it?How did they do it?Crime fiction has always appealed to me. I’m drawn in by the mystery, the ever growing enigma and the thrill of the chase. Time is never on the lead’s side as lives are on the line, the evidence po...
Batman and Robin
on Nov 19, 2007 in Childhood Everything and Nothing Crime Fiction Opinion Realistically Speaking . . .Would You Trust These Two Men?A to the . . .
Kicked out of Cuba! "When crime fiction is a crime" by K Henkel: Fact and Fiction collide, with serious consequences.
on Jan 1, 2008 in Cuban Exile Cuba P.E.N. interviews international crime fiction G. Cabrera Infante Cuban Author Amir Valle free speech Knut Henkel Crime fiction When crime fiction is a crime. Amir Valle's journey from success to exile - a Cuban destiny, by Knut Henkel.This story from signandsight.com discusses Cuban author Amir Valle, who was forbidden from returning home after attending a Crime Fiction fes...
A great book blog: BookBitch
on Jan 2, 2008 in BookBitch carnival of the criminal minds Crime fiction The title refers to a great book blog by a professional reviewer that, in the latest post, introduces new authors from the crime fiction world. This post is part of the blog carnival called Carnival of the Criminal Minds. Both are highly recommende...
Murder and Madness, Swedish Style
on Jan 12, 2008 in Sweden Euro Crime Henning Mankell international crime fiction religious fanatics Christian madmen Police Procedural Crime fiction Crime fiction master Henning Mankell starts and ends Before The Frost (BTF) with some serious and largely American tragedies: the Jim Jones/Jonestown affair and 9/11, but the story largely takes place in Sweden. A familiar friend to fans of internati...